TRAVELS IN THE IONIAN ISLES, ALBANIA, THESSALY, MACEDONIA, &amp;c. DURING THE YEARS 1812 AND 1813

Holland, Henry

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139245678.002

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“…There were many mosques to be seen, worthy of note for their size and antiquity, their numerous elegant minarets contributing to the exterior magnificence of the city, and also many other specimens of Turkish architecture. 37 Of course, its interior presented 'the same irregularity, and many of the same deformities which are common in Turkish towns'. 38 Taking a walk through Thessaloniki and its squalid, dingy streets we could have seen for ourselves that not only was no attention paid to cleanliness or convenience in the streets, so that dead rats and offal of every kind were left to rot in the blazing sun, but the exterior of the houses was designed to conceal all indication of wealth.…”

Section: Itinerarymentioning

confidence: 96%

Western perceptions of Turkish towns in the Balkans

Jezernik

1998

Urban History

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The article was conceived as a guided tour through the Balkan Peninsula including descriptions of two selected towns from Hungary, Croatia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It gives a summary of Western perceptions of the Balkan towns as noted by Western Europeans who visited the area in different periods from the seventeenth century onwards. The civilization they found and described there was a part of an entity encompassing the material and spiritual culture of urban life in the Near East. During the nineteenth century the Balkans underwent major political changes and contemporary travellers' reports were rich with observations about the process of ‘Europeanization’ of the Balkan towns. During the process which meant nationalism and fragmentation in what had been a fairly uniform culture area, paradoxically, ‘Balkanization’ was the final result.

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Section: Itinerarymentioning

confidence: 96%

Western perceptions of Turkish towns in the Balkans

Jezernik

1998

Urban History

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“…By then, nearly the entire population had converted to Islam, but Muslims' relations with the few remaining Christians were harmonious. 55 To defend himself against the various Albanian and Turkish enemies that he inevitably made during his territorial expansion, one of Ali Pasha's first acts in newly subjugated Gjirokastra was to reinforce the fort and enlarge it to its present size (500 by 80 metres). 56 Although reconstruction works proceeded with urgency and lasted only one year, mobilizing around 2000 workers, the result was grand for the time.…”

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Defence, identity, and urban form: the extreme case of Gjirokastra

Mezini

Pojani

2014

Planning Perspectives

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Gjirokastra, a century-old small city in southern Albania (now a UNESCO World Heritage site), provides an outstanding example of a Classical and Late Ottoman urban centre. At the same time, it is a special example of urban and architectural design based on self-defence by individual family units. Through an excursion of Gjirokastra's residential neighbourhoods, this article discusses how defence concerns guided its urban morphology and building typology until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The idea of war, feuds, and fear has pervaded the residents' self-identity for centuries. The military character of their houses owes much to the local 'warrior' mentality that prevailed in times of war and peace.

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“…. .all the better houses both of Turks and Greeks have areas attached to them, in which there generally grow a few trees, giving to the general view of the city that singular intermixture of buildings and wood" (Holland, 1815) Ioannina (39 • 40 N, 20 • 51 E) is the capital of the Region of Epirus (NW Greece). It lies on the western shore of Lake Pamvotis in the center of the basin formed by the western branches of the Pindus mountain range (Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%